Get to know your fellow Illinoisans (Chicago, Naperville: home, neighborhood, college)

[Steve-o]

Just a fun thread to spice up the day a little... have fun with it!

1) Where in IL do you currently live? Region or city, doesnt matter.
2) Do you like it there?
3) Were you born in IL? If so, where?
4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Do you like living here?
5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state?
6) Whats your favorite region of the state?
7) What do you like least about the state?
8) What do you like most about the state?
9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state?

and last but not least...

10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go?


Ill kick things off...

1) I currently live in Warrenville, IL (about 30 miles west of Chicago)
2) Yes, I like it here very much.
3) Born in Winfield, IL (Central DuPage Hospital) and lived here most my life.
5) Tie between Galena, Chicago, Geneva, Wheaton and Naperville.
6) Extreme NW corner or SE corner. Gorgeous.
7) The toll roads. Seriously. I cant stand them.
8) Pretty much everything else.
9) Starved Rock/Matthiessen/Mississippi Palisades/Shawnee National Forest/Garden of the Gods/Volo Bog/Apple River Canyon State Parks are all cool.

10) Tough decision. Maybe Santa Fe, NM or maybe Estes Park, CO.

[NYrules]

1) Where in IL do you currently live? Orland Park
2) Do you like it there? Its ok
3) Were you born in IL? If so, where? Palos Heights
4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Do you like living here? Born here and I put up with it.
5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state? Dunno, I like Bloomington/Normal, but also like Chicago itself too.
6) Whats your favorite region of the state? Central IL
7) What do you like least about the state? Our CRAPPY 19th CENTURY STYLE ROADS and Crooked government!!!
8) What do you like most about the state? There is alot of potential, when speaking in terms of money to be made here for an area surrounded by corn and soybeans.
9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state? Starved Rock is nice, but out around Galena is very pretty too.

and last but not least...

10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go? Back to NYC!!!

[Chinolala]

1) Where in Chicago do you currently live? Elmwood Park
2) Do you like it there? Yes
3) Were you born in Illinois? Yes, in Chicago
4) What's your favorite city town in the state? Chicago
5) What's your favorite region? Chicago and northern IL
6) What do you like least about the state? Distance from the ocean
7) What do you like best about the state? Chicago
8) What's your favorite State Park/recreation area? Lake Michigan and Starved Rock
9) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go? Southern California or NYC

[Switch625]

1) Where in IL do you currently live? Saint Joseph, IL
2) Do you like it there? I love it here.
3) Were you born in IL? Urbana is my birth city. I grew up in Bondville.
4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Not Applicable
5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state? Where I am right now.
6) Whats your favorite region of the state? Central Illinois, of course.
7) What do you like least about the state? The crumbling infrastructure and the crooked government!
8) What do you like most about the state? It is very friendly, and very scenic.
9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state? Rend Lake.
10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go? I'm not sure. Perhaps NW Pennsylvania.

[rgb123]

1) Where in IL do you currently live? I'd get more specific, but its a small town and I dont want anyone coming to look for me I've lived all over Chicagoland, currently in a very far northwest suburb
2) Do you like it there? It is home (the general area) and I feel a certain responsibility to live and work here in the Chicago area....that waxes and wanes (sometimes I wish I could just leave and not look back). I do like it here though, I like the landscape and people are generally not in your business all the time, but are not typically mean or uncaring either.
3) Were you born in IL? yes, at Condell
4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Not Applicable
5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state? Probably good old Bloomington/Normal, had a good college experience there and I love Constitution trail! I will drive there sometimes just to bike that trail.
6) Whats your favorite region of the state? probably my home, the Chain o Lakes area
7) What do you like least about the state? The infrastucture -- much could be done to improve. I'd love to see high speed trains one day...or...just more passenger and commuter trains in general, connecting suburbs and not just spokes to the city
8) What do you like most about the state? Landscapes and thunderstorms, its a livable place in the true sense of the word...you can live off the land (if you had to...)
9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state? I'm partial to Chain o Lakes State park and Glacial Park
10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go? Most likely a western state.

[Jeff Hill]

1) Where in IL do you currently live?
Poplar Grove (30 minutes west of Elgin on I-90), Boone County

2) Do you like it there?
I love it! Away from the hustle and bustle of the city/burbs

3) Were you born in IL? If so, where?
Park Ridge - Lutheran General

4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Do you like living here?
Born here, raised here.

5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state?
I used to be pretty fond of the St. Charles / Batavia area but I'm loving it out here in Boone County away from all the action. Plenty of rural area and yet amenties are still close enough.

6) Whats your favorite region of the state?
Northern Illinois....where else.

7) What do you like least about the state?
Weather. I hate snow now. My kids love it but I can do without it.

8) What do you like most about the state?
Chicago is without a doubt the cleanest and best major city in the US. The museums, parks, and restaurants...how can you ever be bored?

9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state?
Rock Cut State park is pretty sweet. Great trails, great camping, excellent fishing.

10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go?
Where it doesn't snow. How about Vegas.....or Arizona.

[runninfiend]

[quote=Steve-o;2060195]Just a fun thread to spice up the day a little... have fun with it!

1) Where in IL do you currently live? Region or city, doesnt matter.
2) Do you like it there?
3) Were you born in IL? If so, where?
4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Do you like living here?
5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state?
6) Whats your favorite region of the state?
7) What do you like least about the state?
8) What do you like most about the state?
9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state?

and last but not least...

10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go?

1. Small Town central IL.

2. I love it. Quiet town, lots of pretty countryside. Have my land, 4-wheeler trails, pond, no traffic, lots of great wooded parks within short driving distance. Good people.

3. Peoria

4. NA

5. I like anything south of I-80 but am especially fond of west-central IL. Favorite town are many, but i'll say: Exeter, Fancy Prairie and Atlas Junction.

6. Central.

7. Suburban Sprawl of Chicagoland

8. It's my homeland. Great terrain and friendly midwestern people. Sunsets.

9. McNaughton Park, Sand Ridge State Forest, Allerton, Forest Park (Peoria), Farmdale Resevoir, Springfield Memorial Gardens, Shawnee National Forest, Robinson Park, Detweiller, etc. etc.

10. Hmm, I love it here but I love these places too: Louisiana, MO., Flagstaff, AZ, Ouray, CO., Fancy Farm, KY., Jerome, AZ., Green River, WY., Flint Hills, KS, Sandhills, NE, Brattleboro, VT, Hood County, OR.

[j33]

1) Where in IL do you currently live? Region or city, doesnt matter.
Chicago

2) Do you like it there?
Yep

3) Were you born in IL? If so, where?

South Surburbs, about 15 miles south of the city. No, I would never move back or raise my kids there


4) If born out of state, how/why did you end up here. Do you like living here?
n/a
I like living here

5) Whats your favorite city/town in the state?
Chicago

6) Whats your favorite region of the state?
Northeastern Part

7) What do you like least about the state?
The competition between the city and burbs.
What became of my neighborhood.
The corruption and incompetence in the government.

8) What do you like most about the state?
I'm still figuring out the state, but I like my city.

9) Whats your favorite state park/recreation area in the state?
I went to starved rock when I was a kid, I loved that. I also am a fan of the lakefront.

and last but not least...

10) If you could move somewhere else, where would you like to go?
Northeast coast

[Steve-o]

Good stuff so far! Keep it goin! Its nice knowing a little more about the posters we see on a daily basis.

[Katiana]

Is this thread only for people currently living in Ill? I used to live there.